Chapter 19: The Beginning of Training

  "Whoosh"

  A black figure flashed across the street and drifted towards the distant city gate, vaguely seeing that blurry face, which was Jiang Hao.

  The sky was still dark, and there were almost no pedestrians on the street. Jiang Hao occasionally used his Wind Chasing Step to leave behind a trail of afterimages, leaving only a letter and a bag of gold coins. Jiang Hao chose to leave quietly because he feared seeing his mother's reluctant eyes.

  When the sun rises, Jiang Hao has already passed through the East City Gate. What enters his eyes is a vast grassland, and at the end of the grassland, the gray mountains of the Magic Beast Mountain Range can be vaguely seen. This time, Jiang Hao will cross this grassland alone to head towards the Magic Beast Mountain Range.

  Although it was just dawn, there were already many mercenaries waiting in front of the East Gate Station to fly to the Magic Beast Mountain Range. Jiang Heng shook his head, thinking he had gotten up early enough, but apparently, there were even earlier ones.

  Since he had decided to cross the grassland, there was no need to ride a lion-eagle beast anymore. Jiang Huan glanced at the crowded crowd and slowly walked towards the direction of the grassland.

  This grassland is very large, and even if you ride a Griffin, it will take about ten days to cross the grassland to reach the Magic Beast Mountain Range. Therefore, few people are willing to cross the grassland, not just to save time, but more importantly, this grassland has many dangerous places. The magic beasts here may not be as powerful as those in the Magic Beast Mountain Range, but they have the advantage of numbers. It is said that a large mercenary group once tried to cross the grassland, but unfortunately encountered a group of Stone Slicing Rats and was completely annihilated, leaving no survivors. Just imagine facing tens of thousands of low-level magic beasts, even if you are a strong warrior, you would have to retreat temporarily.

  Of course, the most frightening thing on this grassland is not those magical beasts, but humans. It's said that there are many bandits on the grassland who specialize in robbing merchants and travelers passing by, committing murder and mayhem every day. Among them, some are quite skilled, of course, only compared to ordinary people, while a master-level expert would never want to go out and become a bandit.

  It was early summer, and the morning wasn't too bad, but by noon, the scorching sun on the open grassland made it feel like a heatwave. Jiang Hao took off his outerwear and continued to move forward at a steady pace. From the moment he entered the grassland, Jiang Hao hadn't heard anything; his footsteps seemed slow, but each step actually created a faint residual shadow. As he felt the intense wind on the grassland, Jiang Hao didn't stop practicing his Wind Chasing Steps. Slowly, Jiang Hao's figure seemed to come to a halt, and then another slow step was taken. The next moment, a human figure slowly appeared five meters in front of him. Two figures stood still for an instant, eerily quiet, as if they were the wind itself, taking away Jiang Hao with it.

  Jiang Hao slowly opened his eyes, and the figure five meters in front of him suddenly transformed into a gust of wind that rushed towards him.

  He let out a mouthful of turbid air and Jiang Hao's face was filled with excitement, never expecting that even walking could be a form of cultivation.

  "Good kid, it's only been half a day and your Wind Intent has already reached perfection, equivalent to several months of cultivation. It seems that going out for a walk is still very beneficial for you." Ji Tian's surprised voice came out.

  "Master, I now feel that I can mobilize the wind around me to disperse the heat, it's as if my presence is everywhere there is wind, the wind has become my eyes." Jiang Huan exclaimed excitedly.

  "Heh heh, do you think this is just a simple footwork? It can also cultivate your spiritual power. If you master this auxiliary combat skill to perfection, even someone as skilled as Purple Wind may not be a match for you." Zi Tian said with confidence.

  "Really? But this is really hard to cultivate! After such a long time, I haven't even cultivated the Wind Chasing Step to perfection." Jiang Hao said with some disappointment.

  Shì Tiān was taken aback, and he couldn't help but want to strangle this disciple to death. Chuī Fēng Bù is the first layer of this auxiliary combat technique, and it's also the most difficult one to cultivate. It's the foundation for the next three layers. Generally speaking, it's impossible for someone to reach perfection in a few years because that requires a deep understanding of the realm of wind, which can be encountered but not sought after. Only when the realm of wind is fully understood can Chuī Fēng Bù be cultivated to perfection. But Jiāng Hào only spent a few months and already reached perfection in the realm of wind, which made Shì Tiān think that this disciple was an out-and-out monster.

  "Alright, no more nonsense! Let's use our Wind Chasing Steps to hurry along!" Di Tian changed his tone and said.

  "I knew you'd bully me, at such a big age and still picking on little kids." He muttered to himself, but his feet didn't stop moving. A gentle breeze blew by, and Jiang Huan's figure vanished!

  Chí Tiān heard Jiāng Hào's complaints and almost spat it out, did he look that old? Still a young kid, you're more clever than anyone.

  The endless grassland, wave after wave of heat waves, the withered grass is listless. Suddenly a gentle breeze blows by, and the heat wave seems to be abruptly separated, instantly cooling down a piece.

  "Oh no!" A figure suddenly fell from the sky and landed with a thud in the waist-high grass.

  "I'm dead, I accidentally floated away." Jiang Huan lay on the ground, panting heavily, his entire body soaked. After several hours of full-force running, Jiang Huan's physical strength was almost depleted, and the battle energy in his dantian was also exhausted, which is why he fell from mid-air.

  "This is the perfect time to cultivate, absorb the war energy according to the heart method I taught you, recover your physical strength, quickly." Yi Tian urged, seeing Jiang Huan's head buried in the grass.

  "Ugh, I'll be exhausted to death sooner or later." Complaining softly to himself, Jiang Huan still got up as instructed, his pores all opening up to absorb the energy from heaven and earth.

  On the vast grassland, with waves stretching far and wide, it was just before and after dusk, the sun setting in the west. Except for the occasional roars of beasts and the sound of wind, there were no other sounds. Suddenly, a strong gust of wind blew by, pressing down all the grass, revealing a young man wearing a black robe from amidst the thicket. At this moment, his surroundings were faintly emanating a vigorous aura, with the surrounding grass bending in all directions, forming an eerie spiral shape. Visible battle energy was constantly surging into the young man's body from the air, while his body seemed like a bottomless pit.

  Jiang Hao had been sitting here for three days, and the battle energy in his dantian was becoming more and more refined. There were signs that he was about to break through to become a five-star warrior. A warrior's cultivation was simple: fill their dantian with battle energy, then refine it. Each refinement would raise them one rank, so to reach nine-star warrior meant refining nine times.

  Jiang Hao had previously taken the Bone Melting and Muscle Relaxing Liquid, so he had more battle qi in his body than others of the same rank. Of course, if Jiang Hao wanted to advance in rank, he would have to spend more time than others, but once he successfully advanced in rank, his strength would also increase greatly.

  After three days of absorption, Jiang Hao's body had already reached saturation with the war aura. At this moment, he was trying to condense the war aura and break through to a five-star warrior. The war aura repeatedly circulated through the six major acupoints, each cycle making the war aura faster and more condensed. A night passed in this manner, and when the sun gave this figure a golden cloak the next day, Jiang Hao suddenly trembled, stopped absorbing the war aura, and slowly opened his eyes. His black pupils gave off a dangerous feeling.

  After a night of compression and re-compression, Jiang Huan's battle aura had almost transformed into ** form, constantly emitting a sharp and fierce battle aura between the flows, finally returning to the strength of a five-star warrior.

  Jiang Haoteng jumped up, stretched his waist comfortably, and heard a burst of crackling sounds coming over. He couldn't help but let out a loud laugh.

  "Heh heh, how does it feel?" The silhouette of Tianyi floated out.

  "Yeah, I feel like my strength has increased by more than double from before, it's just that I don't know what level I've reached yet, I'll have to try it out to see." Jiang Huan said confidently as he looked at his arms filled with power.

  "The opportunity has arrived." Yi Tian said a sentence and disappeared in front of Jiang Hao's eyes.

  Jiang Hao was taken aback, shaking his head secretly. This master really is something, coming out with such a sentence without any explanation. Just as he was about to ask more questions, Jiang Hao suddenly discovered that he had been surrounded.

  "Hey kid, leave the valuables behind and I'll spare your life. Otherwise, humph!" a burly man with a thick beard shouted.

  Jiang Hao let out a wry smile, never expecting to run into bandits just a few days after leaving. His luck was indeed not ordinary. He flexed his wrist and playfully glanced at the people around him, starting to analyze their strength.

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